MuscleNerd has revealed that there is an unreleased technique which can downgrade A5 devices on iOS 5.1 and iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 5.0.1 for an untethered jailbreak.
5.1.1 shows Apple knows about an unreleased technique to downgrade A5 devices to 5.0.1 with saved blobs (but left it alone..hmm)
It's unclear why Apple would leave this technique alone. Maybe it wasn't worth fixing because it hadn't been made available.
Notably, this technique is different from the one found by iH8Sn0w in that it does not use copyrighted Apple code.
Unfortunately, we don't know when or if this technique will become public.
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I0n1c - May 8, 2012 at 3:39pm
All your base are belong to us!
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Don't know - May 8, 2012 at 11:28am
If you are iphone 4 you are a4 if you are iphone 4s a5
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eduardopiscinas - May 8, 2012 at 4:23pm
Thanks! I'm have iPhone 4...so I'm A4! :)
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eduardopiscinas - May 8, 2012 at 10:46am
Hello friends! I'm new on it...so how I know if my device is A4 or A5?
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ElDuffo - May 8, 2012 at 6:02am
Always amazed at the level of defense that fanboys display...
It's like their whole world hinges on it... Wait, I guess it does...
Think Differently!!
P.S. hard to believe that used to be Appe's mantra...
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DNA64 - May 8, 2012 at 4:46am
Found the perfect photo for this post lol http://i48.tinypic.com/e6yt84.gif
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Adi Robiyanto - May 8, 2012 at 2:21am
The possibility of hackers IOS will not tell about the technique described by your posts. Because i0n1c just do not want to release IOS 5.1 jailbreak has been successful discovery. That means it's likely to downgrade the technique will not be released to the public.
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david - May 7, 2012 at 9:55pm
I have no Idea why people Still buying apple devices anyway, ANDROID IS THE FUTURE , THEY LET YOU UPGRADE AND DOWNGRADE AND THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO ROOT OR JAILBREAK IF YOU WANT YOUR DEVICE.
Apple want to teach people how they have to use there apple device, what is allowed and what is not :) and keep always blocking jailbreaker and unlocker. goodbye Apple.
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david - May 8, 2012 at 12:56am
We will See, if apple keep block jailbreak and keep forcing there users how they have to use there iphone and what is allowed and what is not :)
come on guys, you buy a device you should be able to do anything with it, and thats the reason jailbreak become legal 100%.
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ratGT - May 8, 2012 at 11:18am
@david ---- Hey, while you're trying to prove to us which platform is greater by the number of devices installed with each OS, I'll tell you the following thing: Android devices manufactured by companies such as Samsung, HTC, LG, and hundreds of others are by far the largest amount of smartphone devices shipped worldwide, with hundreds of millions devices in use worldwide. iPhone fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more numerous than humans, and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form!
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Heyy - May 7, 2012 at 8:41pm
Why do these guys keep whining about unreleased and unseen things .. If they are really there for what they are saying why dont they just make ot available.... After all these tweets n stuff i donot even believe such guys anymore
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Me - May 7, 2012 at 9:01pm
It's not easy man!! It takes me bout 3-4 hrs to restore my iPhone4s to the way it has been jailbroken. The way I had it all the apps and tweaks reloaded . It requires a time and patience
Just leave them alone they are working on it a hacker never stops trust me in that
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